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Biography
Born in Chicago, Palestinian-American clarinetist Amer Hasan maintains a balanced career as a recitalist, chamber musician, orchestral player, and educator. Through his performances, Amer showcases his tenacity as an artist and citizen by creating an immersive and visceral concert experience. Performing and teaching classical music has led him to engage with audiences all over the world, including performances across the U.S., Latin America, Europe, and Jordan.
A winner of the 2021 Astral National Competition, Amer has performed as a soloist with the Oistrakh Symphony of Chicago, the Brevard Music Center Orchestra, the Bucks County Symphony Orchestra, and the Akron Symphony Orchestra. He has received top awards in the Vandoren Emerging Artist Competition, the Yamaha Young Performing Artists Competition, and the Jan and Beattie Wood Concerto Competition, among others.
As a chamber musician, Amer has performed and won top prizes at the Fischoff and M-Prize chamber music competitions. His collaboration with other musicians is often centered on the creation and performance of new music. He was the clarinetist of the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble in 2021 and subsequently premiered over a dozen new works for chamber ensembles. In 2023, Amer performed in the Yale School of Music's Oneppo Chamber Music Series as a winner of the school's annual chamber music competition and made his Carnegie Hall debut with the UN Chamber Music Society. Upcoming projects include performances with Ensemble Phoenicia, a new NYC-based ensemble dedicated to performing contemporary classical music by Middle Eastern composers.
Amer joined the Akron Symphony Orchestra as principal clarinet in 2019 while pursuing his undergraduate degree at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. While living in Cleveland, he was also the principal clarinet of the Firelands Symphony Orchestra and frequently performed as a guest musician with the Cleveland Pops Orchestra. He additionally performed as principal clarinet of the Artosphere Festival Orchestra in Fayetteville for two seasons and will return for the festival orchestra's final season under the baton of Corrado Rovaris in 2024.
A passionate educator, Amer has taught clarinet and chamber music at Oberlin College and served as a teaching artist for Oberlin Conservatory's tour in Jordan. He has presented guest classes at the University of Akron, the Akron Youth Symphony, and is currently a teaching artist with Yale University's Music in Schools Initiative.
Amer is pursuing his Master of Music degree at the Yale School of Music and received his Bachelor of Music degree from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.